National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, California
Contents Preface
DESCRIPTION OF THE DSN
DSN Functions and Facilities
N. A. Renzetti
MISSION SUPPORT
Interplanetary Flight Projects
Pioneer Mission Support
A. J. Siegmeth
Helios Mission Support
P. S. Goodwin
Planetary Flight Projects
Mariner Mars 1971 Mission Support
R. P. Laeser
Viking Mission Support
E. K. Davis
Manned Space Flight Project
Apollo Mission Support
R. B. Hartley
Radio Science Experiments
Radio Science Support
K. W. Linnes
ADVANCED ENGINEERING
Tracking and Navigational Accuracy Analysis
The Goldstone Interferometer for Earth Physics
J. L. Fanselow, P. F. MacDoran, J. B. Thomas, J. G. Williams, C. J. Finnie, T. Sato, L. Skjerve, and D. J. Spitzmesser
Comparison of Faraday Rotation Measurements of the Ionosphere
L. F. Miller and B. D. Mulhall
A Worldwide Organization to Secure Earth-Related Parameters for Deep Space Missions
H. F. Fliegel
A Comparison of Cowell's Method and a Variation-of-Parameters
Method for the Computation of Precision Satellite Orbits
S. S. Dallas and E. A. Rinderle
Communications Systems Research
Combinational Complexity Measures as a Function of Fan-out
D. L. Johnson, J. E. Savage, and L. Welch
Sequential Tests for Exponential Distributions
G. Lorden
Contributions to a Mathematical Theory of Complexity
L. H. Harper and J. E. Savage
Some Results on the Matrix Multiplication Problem
L. H. Harper and J. E. Savage
Communications Elements Research
Tracking and Data Acquisition Elements Research: Low Noise
Receivers: Microwave Maser Development
R. Clauss and R. Quinn
Superconducting Magnet for a Ku-Band Maser
R. Berwin, E. Wiebe, and P. Dachel
Antenna Noise Temperature Contributions Due to Ohmic and Leakage Losses of the DSS 14 64-m Antenna Reflector Surface
T. Y. Otoshi
Supporting Research and Technology
DSN Research and Technology Support
E. B. Jackson
Load Distribution on the Surface of Paraboloidal Reflector Antennas
M. Kron
DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION
SFOF Development
CPS Sustaining Engineering
C. L. Zandell
GCF Development
DSS Communications Equipment Subsystem Simulation Center
High-Speed Data Assembly
D. S. Bremner
OPERATIONS AND FACILITIES
SFOF Operations
Pioneer F and G Mission Support Area
A. H. Hofmann
The research described in this publication was carried out by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, service, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.